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Meghalaya, Manipur & Tripura Days

The North Eastern region has been created each with a different background under different circumstances. Two of the seven princely states – Manipur and Tripura were merged with the Union of India after Independence. All three became full fledged states on January 21. Another Himalayan state Himachal Pradesh also attained statehood day on January 25. In 1949, the Indian government entered into a merger agreement with the Maharaja o…